Wow. What a day! I’ve attempted to pull together a summary of materials and videos from Day 1. I’m now in the keynote for Day 2 so will have more later on that later. Fact Sheets – Live Services, Azure Services Platform, Windows Azure, .NET 4.0 and “Dublin”, Oslo, SQL Data Services, Sql Server…

http://www.microsoft.com/azure You are also able to register to try the Community Technology Preview. Here’s a copy paste from the “What is Windows Azure?” section on the www.microsoft.com/azure What is the Azure Services Platform? The Azure™ Services Platform (Azure) is an internet-scale cloud services platform hosted in Microsoft data centers, which provides an operating…

Key takeaways so far on what Windows Azure and the Azure Services Platform are: Windows Azure: – A set of cloud-based technologies such as storage, identity, and multi-device sync that extend software development for both enterprise server and PC/browser/phone applications with services on the Web. Azure Services Platform: – A component of the Azure…